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Roman Villa Desenzano

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Paleolithic

Paleolithic

Mesolithic

Mesolithic

Neolithic

Neolithic

Chalcolithic

Chalcolithic

Bronze Age

Bronze Age

Iron Age

Iron Age

Classical Period

Classical Period

Post-Classical Period

Post-Classical Period

Early Modern Period

Early Modern Period

Industrial Period

Industrial Period

Contemporary Period

Contemporary Period

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The Roman Villa of Desenzano Villa romana di Desenzano del Garda, is in the town of Desenzano del Garda on the shore of Lake Garda. It is located in the comune of the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. It is one of the most important late antiquity Roman villas in northern Italy. it is possible that the person who ordered the final stage of the building works of the villa was Flavius Magnus Decentius, brother of the Emperor Magnentius (350 – 353 A.C.), from whom the city of Desenzano takes its name today.

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